Industrial activity in the region is generally low, with only one industry in operation at the moment. Upper West Region - Wa The Capital of the Upper West Region is Wa. This means that the formal sector constitutes only 25.4 per cent of the economy of the region and this has implications for tax revenue mobilization. It is higher than 10 per cent in only the 3 more urbanised districts of Kasesena- Nankana (10.1%), Bolgatanga (20.3%) and Bawku East (11.7%). Administrative and Managerial capacity is extremely limited in the districts, accounting for not more than 0.2 per cent in any district. The N10 originates from Yemoransa in the Central Region and connects through Kumasi in the Ashanti Region and terminates at Paga in the Upper East Region. Those with post-secondary level (agricultural schools, nursing training schools and teacher training colleges) make up 2.5 percent, with 3.2 per cent being males and 1.7 per cent females. The age-sex ratios from age group 45-49 to the oldest age, pick-up gradually and in a consistent manner except for the dents at ages 50-54 and 60 64 years. sub ethnic groups in central region of ghana. The proportion of households paying rent ranges from 4.5 per cent in Bawku West to 14.9 per cent in Bolgatanga. OffCanvas. The Akan, Gurma, Ewe, Ga-Adangbe, Mole-Dagbane, and Guan are the chief ethnic groups in Ghana. This should be a matter of great concern. What is the population of Ghana in 2021? Lately, small-scale gold mining, popularly known as galamsey (gather and sell) or alakpiri has become rampant in the area of Tongo, Sheaga, Duusi, Pelengu and other small villages. This is made up of 4.5 per cent males and 2.6 per cent females. It is bordered to the south by the Northern Region, to the east by the Upper East and Northern Regions, and to the north and west by the Republic of Burkina Faso. The median age of household heads is below 50 years with the proportion of headship increasing with age up to 50 years. Birthplace and migratory pattern Similarly, in Bawku East, among households with nine or more rooms, 56.8 per cent have ten or more members. Enhancing rural and urban development through farm settlement schemes and the establishment of small-scale industries, using appropriate technology, is also recommended as an effective programme. The highest educational level completed, by 74.5 per cent of those who have ever attended school, is the primary and middle/JSS. The municipality was established by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 2103. In all, minority ethnic groups which are not from the southern sector of the country comprise about 10 per cent of the population of the region (10.3%). About 8.1 per cent males and 5.5 per cent females attainted middle/JSS level. The proportion of own children, of the head, varies from 33.5 per cent in the Bongo, to 44.5 per cent in the Bawku West, District. The Regional Hospital located at Bolgatanga is the second level referral centre in the region. In this predominantly peasant labour intensive agricultural economy, if the district economies do not grow rapidly and jobs are not created sufficiently to match the economically active population, there will be a constant pool of unemployed labour. Already, these constitute a large proportion of non-traditional exports. For the region as a whole and for each district, illiteracy is higher for females than for males. It is also one of the few matrilineal societies in West Africa and Africa as a whole. As for the ethnic groups and tribes in the Upper East Region of Ghana, there are seven major ethnic groups and more than eight languages. The picture is the same for all districts and for both sexes. The proportion of households that use public bathhouse and bathroom in another house is, however, lower in the region (1.2%) than in the country as a whole (6.4%). Travel time and distance to health facilities, are also an important determinant of the use of health care services. Small-scale industries constitute the most important industries in the region. EN. Almost all of these children are engaged in agriculture (77.9%), production and transport equipment (9%), service work (8%) and sales work (4.4%). Located in the North-Eastern section of the Upper East Region, the municipality shares borders with the Republic of Burkina Faso to the West by Talensi district. Three out of four (74.0%) working children are in the private informal sector. Additionally, Talensi-Tongo, Gurune (fra fra)-Bolgatanga, and Nadams-Nangodi are part of its ethnic groups. Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. The extent of over-crowding in Kassena-Nankana is similar to that of the region as a whole. Sub-groups within the Fante include the Nzema and Ahantas. mud, mud bricks/earth, and cement/concrete) account for 95.8 per cent of materials for the floor of dwelling units as well. These groups are numerous and have unique cultures and traditions. In each district, the proportion of evermarried females is higher than that for males. Unemployment is slightly higher for males than for females in each district. Bawku East is the second most attractive destination, accounting for about a quarter (23.9%) of the regions migrant population followed by Kassena-Nankana with 16.0 per cent of the migrants. Naturalized Ghanaians constitute 5.3 per cent and the rest are non-Ghanaians. Investors could therefore take advantage of this. A total of 69,094 children of school going aged 7-14 years are reported to be working fulltime. In the country as a whole, 74.4 per cent of economically active persons are self-employed without employees with an additional 5 per cent with employees. The three districts together have 85.6 per cent of all the available medical staff. Instruction in Ghanaian schools is in both English and Ghanaian languages. There is a great potential in the region for the large-scale production of rice especially in the now onchocerciasis (river blindness) free zone. That is why even though Bongo has only one doctor, the compactness of the district makes him available to most localities that are within 8 kilometres of the clinic. People praised her for putting an end to the fight, Apatampa in Fante. List of Oti Region districts and their capitals in 2021. The JSS/SSS ratio is even less than a tenth (297 communities with JSS compared with 27 communities with SSS). Kassena-Nankana has the highest proportion (29.6%) of localities with a JSS, followed by Bolgatanga (27%), while Bawku West (5.9%) has the least proportion of localities with a JSS. Nationality. Information on specified community services, such as hospitals and other health facilities, telephone connections, postal services and schools, was collected during the 2000 Census. These consist of 37 (55.2%) government owned, 24 (35.8%) mission institutions and 6 (9%) private facilities. Dipo festival - The Dipo festival is the greatest legacy of Krobo land. The observed pattern of the sex ratios reflects the effects of the sex ratio at birth, and the different patterns of migration and mortality for males and females. Upper East Region in Ghana Subdivision The population development in Upper East as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images). Altogether they provide employment to about 6,000 small-scale farmers. The area of origin, however, does not differ much. It is the nerve centre of all commercial activities in the whole of the Northern Sector of Ghana. Akans are the dominant inhabitants and natives of Eastern region and Akan, Ewe, Krobo, Hausa and English are the main spoken languages. Of the 14 clinics/health centres in Bawku East, 4 are mission facilities while the rest are government-owned. The name of the dance is thought to be derived from a long-ago incident in which a giant attacked and killed the Fante men in the middle of the night. The excess of females in the 20-44 age group is lower than the regional value in three districts, Builsa (23.3%), Kassena- Nankana (22.1%) and Bolgatanga (15.2%). Construction materials For example, whereas only 8.9 per cent of households in Kassena-Nankana live in houses roofed with thatch from grass, 78.2 per cent in Bawku West live in houses roofed with thatch from grass. Also, it shares boundaries with Bawku West district, the Republic of Togo, Burkina Faso, and Garu community to the North, East, West and the South respectively. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla each headed by a Municipal/District Chief Executive. Whereas in the country as a whole 20.2 per cent had no access to any specific facility, 78 per cent of households in the region have no facility. note: data represent population by ancestry Djibouti Somali 60%, Afar 35%, other 5% (mostly Yemeni Arab, also French, Ethiopian, and Italian) Dominica Employees and apprentices make up 0.9 per cent each. About two-thirds (64.4%) is young, between 15 and 39 years. Literacy in English only or in both English and Ghanaian language, which is effectively the functional ones vis--vis much of published materials, is only about 20.0 per cent for the region compared to about 47.0 per cent for the country. Both these national routes are connected by the N11 which links the regional capital of Bolgatanga to Bimpiela, also in the region. Navrongo also has a Health Research Centre. Availability of health services may be defined broadly to include a range of conditions: from the availability of the physical health service structure, to the availability of appropriate personnel to run the facilities where available. The methods of waste disposal (both solid and liquid waste) are also not environmentally sound. The 2000 census data confirms that accessibility remains a problem. It is performed at the festival of chiefs and communities. There are generally no distinct boundaries between communities as compounds in contiguous villages over lap. . With only 15.7 per cent of the population living in urban areas, the region is the least urbanized in the country. The population per doctor ratio for the region is 23,592, which is far higher than the national average of 1 doctor to 9,418 persons. The Akan tribe consists of Fante, Asante, Akyem, Ahanta, Akwamu, Bono, Safwi, Akwapim, and Kwahu subgroups. Last edited on 20 November 2022, at 19:40, http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/regional-ministers, "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab", "Upper East Region: Group pushes for sex education to reduce teenage pregnancies", "Festivals in the Upper East Region - Ghana Embassy Berlin", "Ghana Districts - A repository of all districts in the republic of Ghana", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upper_East_Region&oldid=1122941133, Bolgatanga International Craft and Arts Festival Organized by TradeAID Integrated*. Religious affiliation There are three major religious groupings in the Region, Christianity (35.5%), Islam (32.2%) and Traditional religion (29.3%). The proportion with the vocational/technical/commercial level is 1.3 percent, made up of 1.7 per cent males and 1.0 per cent females. On the basis of this definition, the population is primarily rural (79.0%). Between ages 20 and 64 years, there is a higher proportion of females (45.1%) than males (36.8%), while those 65 years and older are 6.8 per cent males compared to 5.9 per cent females. The gold mining industry is not very developed in the region. The proportional share of the two materials ranges from 92.6 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 97.4 per cent in Bawku West. The proportion of households that has three or four sleeping rooms is 36.5 per cent in the region as a whole. The proportion males (58.5%) and females (64.5%) currently married are also higher than the national average of 48.1 per cent males and 51.6 per cent females. This is virtually the same as for the region where 92.3 per cent of persons aged 12-14 years are never married. This gives an indication of the existence of mineral deposits in viable quantities. Total income from sale of water for the year was GHS772,917.08 which fell short of the annual target of GHS3,486,082.24. This is made up of 66.6 per cent of males and 82.8 per cent of females. In fact, together with Upper West, they are the two regions with a less than 20 per cent urban population. Nabdam District became an Assembly by Legislative Instrument (L.I. Awutu Senya East Municipal. The use of charcoal, in the long run, is expensive and also results in reductions in the forest cover of the charcoal producing areas. Catholics form the majority of Christians (57.7%) followed by Pentecostal/Charismatic groups (21.7%) and Protestants (12.3%). Ethnic Groups in Ghana NO CoVax Ghana-Net.com Ghana-Net.com REAL NEWS Covid-19 & Your RIGHTS Home Page Forts and Castles Fort Batenstein, Butre Castle St Georg, Elmina > Cape Coast Castle Fort Augustaborg, Teshie > Fort Ussher Accra Kumasi Fort 1 Chronology of Slave Trade Ghana Radio Stations The socio-cultural problems that can arise as a result of the ethnic diversity of Bawku East often manifested in the many ethnic conflicts in the district. The conventional dependent age groups (0-14 years and 65 years and older) range from 46.4 per cent in the Bolgatanga, to 53.6 per cent in the Bawku West, District. Housing condition and community facilities. Eastern. The indicators show that, for most of the demographic characteristics, the values for the region are not close to those of the country. Every locality in the region reports the availability of a traditional health facility within the community. The country has a population of 32 million as of 2022, which features various tribes and peoples from various backgrounds and cultures. The Akan. A large increase in the number of women of childbearing ages inevitably means more children (i.e. Bolga market - a market for farmers and livestock, held twice weekly. 67.6 per cent of economically active persons had worked for at least one day during the reference period. The current list is as follows: Tertiary Institutions 6. It should be pointed out that the problem of improper solid waste disposal is a national concern, and not specific to the region. Agona East. The age structure for the sexes shows that in the region, there are more females than males. In view of the fact that current publications effectively exclude the proportion literate in Ghanaian language only, greater efforts need to be made to translate very useful reading communication materials as well as publish newspapers in Ghanaian languages. Naturalized Ghanaians constitute a further 5.3 per cent and the rest are non-Ghanaians. Most of these livestock are kept on an unimproved scavenging regime, although some supplementary feeding is done especially during the dry season. About 78.0 per cent of localities in the region, however, have met the Ministrys accessibility standard of a JSS within five kilometre radius. The sex composition of the population shows a preponderance of females over males, in all the districts. If fertility remained unchanged for the earlier 30 years or more, completed family size would be equal to total fertility rate. The proportion of households with access to potable water, is higher in Bolgatanga (61%) compared to the other districts. Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam. Its administrative capital is Binduri, and it shares boundaries with Garu-Tempane to the South and East, Bawku municipal to the North, and Bawku West district to the West. The proportion of males who have attended school in the region who reached primary school level is 18.0 percent, compared to 14.3 per cent for females. For liquid waste disposal, the picture is not any better. All the remaining industry groups make up about one eighth (11.9%) of activities in the region, compared with 24.8 per cent at the national level. In the region as a whole, only 1.9 per cent of localities have a senior secondary school within the community. What is common to these three northern regions however is that they have an average household size larger than the national average of 5.1 persons per household. Disinfection of the Water Supply Systems has however reduced the bacteriological contamination. Since access to flush toilet is largely influenced by the provision of piped water into the housing facility, it is not surprising that 5.2 per cent of households that have the facility are in Bolgatanga. This aquifer type can occur as semi-confined or confined and it is the most productive in the Upper East Region, with relatively high yields. Notwithstanding the high populations per house and population per household in the region, therefore, there are enough rooms for each member of the household to avoid overcrowding. The major industrial activities engaged in by the children are: agricultural related activity, including hunting, forestry and fishing (62.4%), manufacturing (25.2%) and wholesale and retail trade (4.8%). About fifty per cent (52.5%) of households pour their liquid waste on the street or outside; another 35.7 per cent pour the waste in the compound. The Niger-Congo languages include the Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia. Five regions constitute the savannah enclave of Ghana which is often referred to as the north, home to more than 30 ethnic groups but often treated as a homogeneous bloc because of the north-south . The weathered zone aquifer is found within the regolith which comprises a top soil and highly weathered mantle or saprolite. About the same proportion of localities (25.1%) have the nearest post office being 30 kilometres or more away. 2. The population below 15 years falls within the range of 40.6 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 46.4 per cent in Bawku West. This is also reflected in a national inter-censal increase which is 2.5 times that of the region. The environmental implications should therefore be a national concern. Each tribe is frequently subdivided into subgroups. Population size, growth rate and density. In the region, three districts, Bongo, Bawku West and Bawku East, have a slightly higher proportion of females than the regional average of 51.9 percent. Less than two per cent of the population aged 15 years or older are reported as separated (1.6 %). This article is about the demographic features of the population of Ghana, including population density, nationality and citizenship, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace . About a tenth (7.3%) are service workers and 2.7 per cent are sales workers, with 2.3 per cent in production and transport equipment work. On the other hand, female inhabitants were most populous in the Volta . These are also the three major industrial activities at the regional level except that the order is changed: agriculture, including hunting, forestry and related work (67.2%), manufacturing (11.3%) and wholesale and retail trade (9.6%), and they contribute a much higher proportion (88.1%) of industrial activities. The Upper East Region is an excellent tourist destination in its own right, offering visitors an exciting introduction to Ghana. In Ghana, the Mamprusis live mainly in Nalerigu and Gambaga in the northwest of the Northern Region but also inhabit parts of the Upper East Region. In the other formal sectors, (private formal, NGO/International Organization, and others) males and females are represented in approximately the same proportions in each district. The proportion of eligible females who are never married ranges from 21 per cent in Bolgatanga to 13.7 per cent in Builsa. The Bongo Health Centre is in the process of being upgraded into a district hospital. The region falls low in most of the indicators that measure socio-economic development, such as level of education, literacy and accessibility to social services. The differences in the female/male population from age 20 to 69 are consistently high for the region. They are available only in the Bolgatanga, Navrongo and Bawku townships. In all the districts, agriculture and related workers are the single largest occupation. The distribution of children by occupation, industry, and employment status and institutional sector generally follows closely the pattern of the adult population in each district. The district's administrative capital is Zebilla. Housing quality is far poorer in the region than for the country. The Central Region - Cape Coast. Together, the three account for between 88.3 per cent and 96.0 per cent of the working population in the districts. However, the two adjacent districts in the Northern region, which are located to the South of Bawku East and Bawku West, are mostly Mamprusi. Bawku West. The Bawku East District has the largest proportion of households with seven or more sleeping rooms (23.8%). For example in Bongo, 58.3 per cent of localities have the nearest facility less than 10 km away, compared to only 16.3 per cent in Bawku East. These two regions account for only about a fourth (22.7%) of migrants from outside the region. Distance, thus, is likely to affect daily school attendance and eventually the dropout rate. About two-fifths (43.2%) of households occupying one sleeping rooms are over-crowded and 18.4 per cent of all households with two sleeping rooms are over-crowded. At the district level, the localities with telephone facilities within 10 kilometres range between 4.2 per cent in Builsa and 57 per cent in Bongo. Employees and the self-employed with employees (who could be taxed at source) make up only 9 percent. Persons who are not economically active are mainly homemakers (38.3%) and students (19.4%). The observed age-sex structure of the region follows very closely the pattern found at the national level where there are more females than males in almost every age group from ages twenty up to seventy-four. The Region is divided into 15 political administrative areas; four (4) Municipalities and eleven (11) Districts. The urban status of a community is based on population size only. The implications for any policy on taxation and economic development would need to be considered carefully. Illiteracy is very much higher in the region than for the country as a whole. Some of the dominant dialects include Nankani, Bisah, Kusal, Ndam, Kassem, and Gurune. Its administrative capital is Zuarungu, and endowments like cashew, rubber, and Gold are peculiar. The highest proportion of 44.5 per cent is in Bawku West, while the lowest (33.5%) is in Bongo. Teachers also have to handle large class sizes, especially at the primary school level. In the region as a whole, children of head of household constitute 42 per cent of household members. The Pre-Cambrian Basement Complex rocks are made up of crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks which cover about 92% of the region. The proportion of males in agriculture is 71.8 per cent compared with 61.2 per cent females. 1. It is worth noting that Bongo has both the highest proportion of female household heads (35.7%) and lowest female temporary household heads (59.4%), far exceeding both regional and national levels. This sector, therefore, needs to be modernized and injected with capital and technical expertise to enable it diversify its scope of activities to absorb the large numbers of potential job seekers. About a tenth of economically active persons are either unpaid family workers (6.6%) or apprentices (3.7). Among all households with two sleeping rooms, about a fifth (21.6%) is overcrowded. Although the information on school attendance was collected for everybody aged 3 years or older, official school entry age in the country is 6 years. The regional pattern is repeated in each district. Most working children in the district are mainly self-employed without employees (61.4%), unpaid family workers (35.1%) and domestic employees (1.6%). Look up in Linguee; Suggest as a translation of "Upper East Region of Ghana" Copy; DeepL Translator Dictionary. Straw works are also concentrated around Bolgatanga. For instance the proportion of the population aged three years and over that have no schooling or attended only pre-school is 75.7 per cent in the region compared to 47.7 per cent in the country as a whole. The regions total ever married is higher than what is observed for the country as a whole where only two out of every three (68.1%) have ever married. Bolgatanga Technical University The community shares boundaries with Builsa community to the South, Burkina Faso to the North, Kassena-Nankana East community to the East and Sissala East community to the West. There are also maternity homes and nine dressing centres. In terms of employment status, 52.8 per cent are own account workers, 35.1 per cent are unpaid family workers and an additional 5.6 per cent are domestic employees. The major occupations in the region are agriculture and related workers (66.4%), production and transport equipment workers (14.7%), sales workers, (9.6%), service workers (4.0%) and professional, technical and related workers (3.8%). The region also has a great potential in the area of cash crop production and fish farming. The Ashanti Empire was founded in 1670 by the gold-rich Ashanti people. Population distribution (rural-urban composition). Cotton, soya bean, onion, tomato, pepper, maize, sweet potato, and fish are some of the things the community is endowed with. In most cases, accessibility is determined more by the individual students and/or parental preferences and/or affordability, than by the proximity of the institution. These rocks are found at the South Western and South Eastern parts of the region. The region suffers from low levels of formal sector or non-farm employment, high levels of unemployment and high levels of self-employment (over 75.0% of all employment). Markets abound for these crafts in countries such as Britain, Germany and the USA. Within the districts at least 10 per cent attained JSS/SSS level except Bongo (9.7%) and Bawku West (8.6%). The region show that only 21.2 per cent of the population (15 years and older) are literate in either English only (12.9%), both English and Ghanaian language (6.6%) or Ghanaian language only (1.7%). Virtually, no industries, There is high incidence of youth migration to the South in the dry season. All the remaining thirteen industry groups (all others) make up 12 per cent of industrial activities in the region. A high proportion of the population in the districts aged 15 years or older had married. It is frequently seen at festivals, funerals, and weddings. The proportion of the regions educated population that have primary or middle/JSS as the highest level of education they attained (68.9%) is rather large, and poses a great challenge for the full implementation of the fCUBE and other education improvement programmes. The proportion of households using these methods of disposal is below 90 per cent in only Bolgatanga and Bawku East. The political administration of the region is through the local government system. The regions forest reserves are threatened with destruction through the use of wood for building and cooking fuel (fire wood and charcoal). For males the proportion ranges from 57.7 per cent in Bolgatanga to 89.0 per cent in Bawku West, while that for females is from 44.8 per cent to 81.5 per cent in the same districts. Senior secondary schools are even less available than junior secondary schools. The duration of exposure to Christianity may not be a possible explanation for the continued adherence to traditional religion. 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